Friday, April 16, 2010

Lakers vs Celtics: Foul Drawing Issues

I ran another simulation, this time with LA vs Boston. I edited Draw Foul and Commit Foul tendencies for all players (most of these being increases) in an effort to generate some more realistic FT attempts. Instead, I got an infuriating result.

No free throws for Kobe Bryant in an OT game against one of the top fouling teams in the league? It's simply ridiculous.

What makes this so infuriating is Kobe saw the biggest increase in "Foul Draw" of any player on either team. I raised him from 56 to 82 before the game. He has a 97 Shot Tendency, and took 31 shots in an OT game. He didn't go to the line a single time. WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO DO?????

I am very adamant about using 2K's default sliders with my ratings, so changing foul sliders is not my solution.

This should have been a 45-50 point game for Kobe. Kobe draws fouls on 13% of his shots in real life. He should have been fouled 4 times, not including non-shooting fouls that send him to the line.

The funny thing is Brown and Farmar pale in comparison to Kobe yet they drew 2 fouls on 10 FGA (20% Foul Draw). Gasol got fouled twice on 10 shots (20%). Kobe did not get fouled once and took 31 shots and that is just god-damn mind boggling.

For once, I am at a loss. If you've got anything, let me know. My stats are all realistic aside from not enough fouls.